August 19, 2011 AT 12:00 am

Fritzing gets the bends

This is a screen shot from the Curvy Parking Assistant example sketch that comes with Fritzing 0.6.3. What’s new is:
*wires can be curved, or can be straight and have bendpoints, or both
*many parts–such as resistors, capacitors, LEDs, and transistors–now have rubberband legs
*rubberband legs can be curved, or can be straight and have bendpoints, or both
These features are only available in breadboard view. The rest of this post will explain how to use them.

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